Saturday, October 04, 2008

baby hold on to me...

the future is ours to see...whatever will be will be... so baby hold on to me...Don't I just look giddy in this picture? Is it because I am with my baby? Well, yeah! But also because I survived the "Island in the Sky" trail!! Shew! Note to self- if a West Virginia trail has the word "sky" in it, expect a vertical climb!! But the lovely breeze at the top made it all worth while.

Went out with Sandy, yesterday- spent the whole day having a blast with no schedule or purpose! We had breakfast and then we were the first through the doors at the local quilt guild show. Here's my loot- sorry the picture isn't better. I found some sweet repro fat quarters and I am still collecting red and white- I have no idea why- I have more than enough for my redwork quilt! Just a habit, I suppose. And I also guess that I could make two quilts... The "jingle" is a panel for the holidays- there are six other blocks. I might piece some stars to go with it- fast and easy. I bought a batik just because it didn't seem right not to. My favorite thing that I picked up is my "Little Bits" pattern for 15 tiny little 2" blocks- Called Lynn's pins. Guess what I am hoping to make as gifts, this year? There are enough paper patterns to make 45 blocks. So I hope to make some pins, but thought that they would also make a great "mini."

The tied-dyed, whole cloth quilt that my loot is sitting on is my new quilting project. My cousin dyed it for me last summer and I finally am getting around to quilting it. I was all out of cotton batting so I bought a Warm batting called Warm and Bond- odd stuff. Stiff and has a scratchy hand to it- but we'll see how it washes up. I'll let ya know. It was on sale so I thought I'd give it a try. I am quilting a flame meander on it- starting out tiny in the center of the design and getting larger as it moves out. Not so simple for me to remember where I am, but I'm moving right along.

5 comments:

Sorry...but I'm going to have to say that your loot cannot hold a candle to how adorable the two of your are together in that picture! ;-) How grand! Looks as though you may be even more in love than the day (cuz I've seen a pic, ya know) you said "I do" and ate cake together. ;-)

Enjoy those Little Bits pins. Those patterns are the ones that I swear by!

Looks like you had fun at the show! I have a sample piece of the Warm Bond, and the front says it's "Thermally Bonded Cotton", but the back says it's an 80/20 blend. I've used other blends that worked out just fine (though I did all my quilting by machine). Let me know how it works out for you. Karen